61 The Immigrant

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Immigrant)

 

Edna Purviance

(Immigrant)

 

Kitty Bradbury

(Her mother)

 

Albert Austin

(Slavic immigrant and Diner)

 

Henry Bergman

(Slavic woman immigrant and Artist)

 

Loyal Underwood

(Small immigrant)

 

Eric Campbell

(Head waiter)

 

William Gillespie

(Café violinist)

 

James T. Kelly

(Crew member and Shabby man in restaurant)

 

John Rand

(Crew member and Tipsy diner who cannot pay)

 

Frank J. Coleman

(Gambler on ship and Ship’s officer and Restaurant owner)

 

Tom Harrington

(Marriage registrar)

 

Janet Miller Sully

(Immigrant)

Released:

17 June 1917

Length:

1809 ft

62 The Adventurer

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Escaped convict)

 

Edna Purviance

(A girl)

 

Henry Bergman

(Her father and A docker)

 

Marta Golden

(Her mother)

 

Eric Campbell

(Her suitor)

 

Albert Austin

(Butler)

 

Toraichi Kono

(Chauffeur)

 

John Rand

(Guest)

 

Frank J. Coleman

(Fat warder)

 

Loyal Underwood

(Small guest)

 

May White

(Stout lady)

 

Janet Miller Sully

 

 

Monta Bell

 

Released:

22 October 1917

Length:

1845 ft

The First National Films 1918–23

General Credits:

Production:

Chaplin–First National

Producer:

Charles Chaplin

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Scenario:

Charles Chaplin

Photographer:

Roland Totheroh

Second
Camera:

Jack Wilson

Assistant:

Charles (‘Chuck’) Riesner Production

Designer:

Charles D. Hall

Filmed at the Chaplin Studio on Sunset and La Brea

62a How to Make Movies

A comedy-documentary showing the premises and personnel of the new Chaplin studios. The film seems never to have been assembled, although a title list was prepared. This was used by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill to reconstruct Chaplin’s intended film, and it was seen for the first time in its entirety at the 1981 London Film Festival. Some parts of the film had previously been used by Chaplin in The Chaplin Revue, however.

63 A Dog’s Life

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Tramp)

 

Edna Purviance

(Bar singer)

 

Mut

(Scraps)

 

Sydney Chaplin

(Lunch wagon owner)

 

Henry Bergman

(Man in employment agency and Lady in dance hall)

 

Charles Riesner

(Clerk in employment agency and Drummer)

 

Albert Austin

(Crook)

 

Tom Wilson

(Policeman)

 

M. J. McCarty

(Unemployed man)

 

Mel Brown

(Unemployed man)

 

Charles Force

(Unemployed man)

 

Bert Appling

(Unemployed man)

 

Thomas Riley

(Unemployed man)

 

Slim Cole

(Unemployed man)

 

Ted Edwards

(Unemployed man)

 

Louis Fitzroy

(Unemployed man)

 

Dave Anderson

(Unemployed man)

 

Granville Redmond

(Proprietor of dance hall)

 

Minnie Chaplin

(Dramatic lady in dance hall)

 

Alf Reeves

(Man at bar)

 

N. Tahbel

(Hot tamaly man)

 

Rob Wagner

(Man in dance hall)

 

I. S. McVey

(Musician)

 

J. F. Parker

(Musician)

 

Al Blake

 

 

Loyal Underwood

 

 

James T. Kelly

(Customer at hot dog stand)

 

Fred Starr

 

 

Janet Miller Sully

 

 

Grace Wilson [Mrs Tom Wilson]

 

 

Jerry Ferragoma

 

 

Park Jones

Jack Duffy, Richard Dunbar, Edward Miller, Billy Dul, Bruce Randall, Brand O’Ree, Bill White, John Lord, Jim O’Niall, H. C. Simmons, J. L. Fraube, Jim Habif, Florence Parellee, Miss Cullington, Margaret Dracup, Ella Eckhardt, Sarah Rosenberg, Lottie Smithson, Lillian Morgan, Jean Johnson, Fay Holderness, Dorothy Cleveland, J. Miller, Minnie Eckhardt, Mrs Rigoletti (People in Dance Hall)

 

 

 

Production started: 15 January 1918

Production finished: 9 April 1918

Released:

14 April 1918

Length:

2674 ft

64 The Bond

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

Edna Purviance

 

Sydney Chaplin

(The Kaiser)

 

Henry Bergman

(John Bull)

 

Dorothy Rosher

(Cupid)

(Dorothy Rosher worked 17 and 19 August, at a rate of $10 per day)

Production started: 15 August 1918

Production finished: 22 August 1918

Released:

16 December 1918

Length:

685 ft

64a (Chaplin–Lauder Charity Film)

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Himself)

 

Harry Lauder

(Himself)

 

Filmed:

22 January 1918

Apparently never completed or released

Length:

745 ft (unedited)

65 Shoulder Arms

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Recruit)

 

Edna Purviance

(French girl)

 

Sydney Chaplin

(Sergeant and The Kaiser)

 

Jack Wilson

(German Crown Prince)

 

Henry Bergman

(Fat German sergeant and Field Marshal von Hindenburg)

 

Albert Austin

(American soldier and German soldier and Kaiser’s chauffeur)

 

Tom Wilson

(Training camp sergeant)

 

John Rand

(American soldier)

 

Park Jones

(American soldier)

 

Loyal Underwood

(Small German officer)

 

W. G. Wagner, J. T. Powell, W. Herron, W. Cross, G. E.

 

 

Marygold

(Motorcyclists)

 

C. L. Dice, G. A. Godfrey, L. A. Blaisdell, W. E.

 

 

Allen, J. H. Warne

(Motorcyclists – alternative group*)

 

Roscoe Ward, Ed Hunt, M. J. Donovan, E. B. Johnson, Fred Graham, Louis Orr, Al Blake, Ray Hanford, Cliff Brouwer, Claude McAtee, F. S. Colby, Jack Shalford, Joe Van Meter, Guy Eakins, Jack Willis, Charles Cole, T. Madden

 

 

 

(American and German soldiers)

 

Harry Goldman, Jack Willis, Mark Faber, E. H. Devere, Fred Everman, A. North, Charles Knuske, O. E. Haskins, Tom Hawley, W. E. Graham, James Griffin, W. A. Hackett, E. Brucker, J. H. Shewry, Sam Lewis, R. B. McKenzie, K. Herlinger, A. J. Hartwell

 

 

 

(Additional players in street set, with Kaiser’s car)

 

In Cut Sequences

 

 

Marion Feducha

(Small boy)

 

Alf Reeves

(Draft board sergeant)

 

Albert Austin

(Draft board doctor)

 

Peggy Prevost

(Draft board clerk)

 

Nina Trask

(Draft board clerk)

Production started: 27 May 1918

Production finished: 16 September 1918

Released:

20 October 1918

Length:

3142 ft

Working title:

‘Camouflage’

66 Sunnyside

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Farm handyman)

 

Edna Purviance

(Village belle)

 

Tom Wilson

(Boss)

 

Tom Terriss

(Young man from the city)

 

Henry Bergman

(Villager and Edna’s father)

 

Loyal Underwood

(Fat boy’s father)

 

Tom Wood

(Fat boy)

 

Helen Kohn

(Nymph)

 

Olive Burton

(Nymph)

 

Willie Mae Carson

(Nymph)

 

Olive Alcorn

(Nymph)

 

Park Jones

 

 

Granville Redmond

 

 

Al Blake

 

 

Shorty Hendricks

 

 

Lulu Jenks

 

 

George Cole

 

 

David Kohn

 

 

Tom Harrington

 

(Zasu Pitts worked in a number of scenes from 4 to 25 November; but her role appears to have been cut from the finished film)

 

In Cut Sequence

 

 

Albert Austin

(Man being shaved)

 

Locations:

Phelps Ranch, Lasky Ranch, Country Road in Beverly Hills, Bridge in San Fernando Road, Exterior of Edna’s home

Production started: 4 November 1918

Production finished: 15 April 1919

Released:

15 June 1919

Length:

2769 ft

67 A Day’s Pleasure

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Father)

 

Edna Purviance

(Mother)

 

Marion Feducha

(Small boy)

 

Bob Kelly

(Small boy)

 

Jackie Coogan

(Smallest boy)

 

Tom Wilson

(Large husband)

 

Jean ‘Babe’ London

(His seasick wife)

 

Henry Bergman

(Captain and Man in car)

 

Loyal Underwood

(Angry little man in street)

 

Albert Austin

 

 

Jessie Van Trump

 

(At the start of shooting, the role of Charlie’s wife was taken by the 495-lb Tom Wood)

Location: San Pedro pleasure boat, Ace

Production started: 21 May 1919

Production interrupted: 30 July–7 October 1919

Production finished: 19 October 1919

Released:

15 December 1919

Length:

1714 ft

68 The Kid

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Tramp)

 

Edna Purviance

(Mother)

 

Jackie Coogan

(The Kid)

 

Baby Hathaway

(The Kid as a baby)

 

Carl Miller

(Artist)

 

Granville Redmond

(His friend)

 

May White

(Policeman’s wife)

 

Tom Wilson

(Policeman)

 

Henry Bergman

(Night shelter keeper)

 

Charles Riesner

(Bully)

 

Raymond Lee

(His kid brother)

 

Lillita MacMurray [Lita Grey]

(Flirtatious angel)

 

Edith Wilson

(Lady with pram)

 

Baby Wilson

(Baby in pram)

 

Nellie Bly Baker

(Slum nurse)

 

Albert Austin

(Man in shelter)

 

Jack Coogan Sr

(Pickpocket and Guest and Devil)

 

Edgar Sherrod

(Priest)

 

Beulah Bains

(Bride)

 

Robert Dunbar

(Bridegroom)

 

Kitty Bradbury

(Bride’s mother)

 

Rupert Franklin

(Bride’s father)

 

Flora Howard

(Bridesmaid)

 

Elsie Sindora

(Bridesmaid)

 

Walter Lynch

(Tough cop)

 

Dan Dillon

(Bum)

 

Jules Hanft

(Physician)

 

Silas Wilcox

(Cop)

 

Kathleen Kay

(Maid)

 

Minnie Stearns

(Fierce woman)

 

Frank Campeau

(Welfare officer)

 

F. Blinn

(His assistant)

 

John McKinnon

(Chief of Police)

 

Monta Bell

Elsie Young, V. Madison, Evans Quirk, Bliss Chevalier, Grace Keller, Irene Jennings, Florette Faulkner, Martha Hall, Estelle Cook, J. B. Russell, Lillian Crane, Sarah Kernan, Philip D’Oench, Charles I. Pierce

 

 

(Extras in Wedding Scene)

 

Elsie Codd (Chaplin’s English publicity representative), Mother Vinot (studio sewing lady), Louise Hathaway, Amada Yanez and Baby

 

 

(Extras in Alley Scene)

 

Clyde McAtee, Frank Hale, Ed Hunt, Rupert Franklin, Frances Cochran, George Sheldon

 

 

 

(Extras in Reception Scene)

 

Sadie Gordon, Laura Pollard, L. Parker, Ethel O’Neil, L. Jenks, Esther Ralston, Henry Roser

 

 

 

(Extras in Heaven Scene)

Production started: 21 July 1919

Production finished: 30 July 1920

Released:

6 February 1921

Length:

5250 ft

Working title:

‘The Waif’

68a Nice and Friendly

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Villain)

 

Lord Louis Mountbatten

(Hero)

 

Lady Edwina Mountbatten

(Heroine)

 

Jackie Coogan

 

 

Colonel Robert M. Thompson

 

 

Frederick Neilson

 

 

Eulalie Neilson

 

 

Sara Pell

 

 

Stephen Pell

 

(Improvised sketch, never released)

69 The Idle Class

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Tramp and Husband)

 

Edna Purviance

(Neglected wife)

 

Mack Swain

(Her father)

 

Henry Bergman

(Sleeping hobo and Guest)

 

Allan Garcia

(His neighbour on a park bench and Guest)

 

John Rand

(Golfer and Guest)

 

Rex Storey

(Pickpocket and Guest)

 

Lillian MacMurray

(Maid)

 

Lillita MacMurray

(Maid)

 

Loyal Underwood

(Guest)

 

Mrs Parker

 

 

Lolita Parker

 

 

Howard Olsen

 

 

Edward Knoblock

 

 

Granville Redmond

 

 

Carlyle Robinson

 

 

Joe Van Meter

 

 

Bruce Belamator, William Thompson, William Hackett, Jack Mortimer, B. W. McComber, Charles Aber, Jim Collins, Jack Sydney, Duffy Kirk, Jack Lott, George Bastian, Howard Johnston, Joe Campbell, Richard Brewster, Mrs Ross Lang, Miss Helene Calverley, Margaret Rishell, Miss M. Parsons, Gertrude Pedlar, Ruth Darling, Joe Flores, Miss Grace, Carl Brown, Anita Walton, Miss Egbert, Lura Anson, Catherine Vidor, Gladys Webb, Mary Land, California Truman, Marie Crist, Lottie Cruz, Helen McMullin, Hugh Saxon, Harold Kent, Harold McNulty, Helen McKee, Gladys Baxter, Dolly Rich, Robert Badger, Jack Woods, C. S. Steele, Fred Wilson, E. C. Holkin, Miss Wicks, Mary Ann Bennett, Harriett Bennett, Vera Wilder, Ethel Childers, Anita Simons, Melissa Ledgerwood, Nel Foltz, Ruth Foster, Evelyn Burns, Jean Temle, Bertha Feducha, Pearl Palmer, Arnold Triller, Jack Underhill, John Sweeney, Clyde McCoy, George Milo, William Moore, George Mistler, J. A. Beaver, Charles Meakins, W. R. Denning, L. Chandler, L. Swisher, R. Pennell, Jules Hanft, Bob Palmer, Walter Bacon, Art Hanson, Harry Tenbrook, Bill Carey, Joe Anderson, Paul Mertz

 

 

 

(Extras)

Production started: 29 January 1921

Production finished: 25 June 1921

Released:

25 September 1921

Length:

1916 ft

70 Pay Day

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Labourer)

 

Phyllis Allen

(His wife)

 

Mack Swain

(Foreman)

 

Edna Purviance

(Foreman’s daughter)

 

Sydney Chaplin

(Charlie’s mate and Lunch wagon proprietor)

 

Albert Austin

(Workman)

 

John Rand

(Workman)

 

Loyal Underwood

(Workman)

 

Henry Bergman

(Drinking companion)

 

Allan Garcia

(Drinking companion)

 

Pete Griffin, Joe Griffin, Harry Tenbrook, Ethel Childers, Edith Blythe, Virginia Bodle, Helen Kapp, La Belle Raymond, Sylvia Menier, Jos Kedian

 

 

 

(Extras)

Production started: 6 August 1921

Production interrupted by Chaplin’s European tour, September–October 1921

Production finished: 23 February 1922

Released:

2 April 1922

Length:

1950 ft

71 The Pilgrim

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Escaped convict)

 

Edna Purviance

(Girl)

 

Kitty Bradbury

(Her mother, Charlie’s landlady)

 

Mack Swain

(Deacon)

 

Loyal Underwood

(Elder)

 

Charles Riesner

(Thief)

 

Dinky Dean [Riesner]

(Horrid child)

 

Sydney Chaplin

(His father)

 

May Wells

(His mother)

 

Henry Bergman

(Sheriff on train)

 

Tom Murray

(Local sheriff)

 

Monta Bell

(Policeman)

 

Jack Wilson

(Clergyman who loses clothes)

 

Raymond Lee

(Boy in congregation)

 

Frank Antunez

(Bandit)

 

Joe Van Meter

(Bandit)

 

Phyllis Allen

(Member of congregation)

 

Florence Latimer

(Member of congregation)

 

Edith Bostwick

(Member of congregation)

 

Laddie Earle

(Member of congregation)

 

Louis Troester

(Member of congregation)

 

Beth Nagel

(Member of congregation)

 

Mrs C. Johnson

(Member of congregation)

 

Marion Davies

(Member of congregation)

 

Miss Evans

 

 

Frank Liscomb

 

 

S. D. Wilcox

 

 

Robert Traughbur

 

 

Carlyle Robinson

 

 

Jack McCredie

 

 

Charles Hafler

 

 

Bill Carey

 

 

Paul Mason McNeill

 

 

Sarah Barrows, Donnabelle Ouster, Gallie Frey, Della Glowner, Theresa Gray, Cecile Harcourt, Anna Hicks, Martha Harris, Mary Hamlett, Ethel Kennedy, Emily Lamont, Agnes Lynch, Mildred Pitts, Katherine Parrish, Edna Rowe, Mabel Shoulters, Georgia Sherrart, Rose Wheeler, George Bradford, George Carruthers, J. Espan, F. F. Guenste, Lee Glowner, Harry Hicks, Carl Jensen, Tom Ray, James J. Smith, S. H. Williams, Paul Wilkins, H. Wolfinger

 

 

 

(Extras in Church Scene)

Production started: 1 April 1922

Production finished: 15 July 1922

Première:

26 February 1923, Strand Theatre, New York

Length:

3647 ft

71a The Professor

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Professor Bosco)

Production started: 30 September 1919

Production finished: ?(Film possibly assembled from out-takes from other pictures)

Never released, but declared by Chaplin to be ready for release in November 1922

Length:

An edited sequence of some 450 feet survives, along with a few out-takes apparently from another sequence. Chaplin’s correspondence with Sydney in 1923, however, refers to The Professor as a two-reeler – i.e. approximately 2000 feet.

The United Artists Films 1923–52

72 A Woman of Paris

Production:

Regent–United Artists

Producer:

Charles Chaplin

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Scenario:

Charles Chaplin

Photography:

Roland Totheroh

Second Camera:

Jack Wilson

Assistant:

Edward Sutherland

Literary Editor:

Monta Bell

Art Director:

Arthur Stibolt

Research:

Jean de Limur, Henri d’Abbadie d’Arrast

Cast:

Edna Purviance

(Marie St Clair)

 

Adolphe Menjou

(Pierre Revel)

 

Carl Miller

(Jean Millet)

 

Lydia Knott

(Jean’s mother)

 

Charles French

(Jean’s father)

 

Clarence Geldert

(Marie’s father)

 

Betty Morrissey

(Fifi)

 

Malvina Polo

(Paulette)

 

Henry Bergman

(Head waiter)

 

Harry Northrup

(Man about town)

 

Nellie Bly Baker

(Masseuse)

 

Karl Gutman

(Orchestra leader)

 

Miss Delante [Stella De Lanti (?)]

(Revel’s fiancée)

 

Charles Chaplin

(Porter)

Production started: 27 November 1922

Production finished: 29 September 1923

Première:

26 September 1923, Criterion Theatre, Hollywood

Length:

7557 ft

73 The Gold Rush

Production:

Chaplin–United Artists

Producer:

Charles Chaplin

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Scenario:

Charles Chaplin

Photography:

Roland Totheroh

Cameramen:

Jack Wilson, Mark Marlatt

Art Director:

Charles D. Hall

Assistant Directors:

Charles Riesner, Henri d’Abbadie d’Arrast, Eddie Sutherland

Production Manager:

Alfred Reeves

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Lone prospector)

 

Georgia Hale

(Georgia)

 

Mack Swain

(Big Jim McKay)

 

Tom Murray

(Black Larson)

 

Betty Morrissey

(Georgia’s friend)

 

Kay Desleys

(Georgia’s friend)

 

Joan Lowell

(Georgia’s friend)

 

Malcolm Waite

(Jack Cameron)

 

Henry Bergman

(Hank Curtis)

 

John Rand

(Prospector)

 

Heinie Conklin

(Prospector)

 

Albert Austin

(Prospector)

 

Allan Garcia

(Prospector)

 

Tom Wood

(Prospector)

 

Stanley J. (‘Tiny’) Sandford

(Barman)

 

Barbara Pierce

(Manicurist)

 

A. J. O’Connor

(Officer)

 

Art Walker

(Officer)

 

Daddy Taylor

(Ancient dancing prospector)

 

Margaret Martin

(Squaw)

 

Princess Neela

(Squaw)

 

Frank Aderias

(Eskimo child)

 

Leona Aderias

(Eskimo child)

 

E. Espinosa

(Eskimo)

 

Ray Morris

(Eskimo)

 

Fred Karno Jr

 

 

Jack Adams, Sam Allen, Claude Anderson, Harry Arras, F. J. Beauregard, William Bell, Francis Bernhardt, E. Blumenthal, William Bradford, George Brock, William Butler, Pete Brogan, R. Campbell, Leland Carr, H. C. Chisholm, Harry Coleman, Harry De Mors, Jimmy Dime, W. S. Dobson, John Eagown, Aaron Edward, Elias Elizaroff, Leon Fary, Richard Foley, Charles Force, J. C. Fowler, Ray Grey, William Hackett, James Hammer, Ben Hart, R. Hausner, Tom Hawley, Jack Herrick, Jack Hoefer, George Holt, Tom Hutchinson, Carl Jenson, Harry Jones, Bob Kelly, John King, Bob Leonard, Francis Lowell, Clyde McAtee, John McGrath, Chris Martin, John Millerta, Chris Martin, Mr Myers, George Neely, H. C. Oliver, William Parmalee, Jack Phillips, Art Price, Frank Rice, E. M. Robb, C. F. Roarke, J. Ryan, J. J. Smith, Joe Smith, C. B. Steele, Armand Triller, John Tully, Jack Vedders, John Wallace, Sharkey Weimar, Ed Wilson, C. Whitecloud, H. Wolfinger, Dave Wright, Ah Yot, George Young, Ed Zimmer, Lillian Adrian, Rebecca Conroy, Donnabella Custer, Kay De Lay, Inez Gomez, Mildred Hall, Gypsy Hart, Helen Hayward, Josie Howard, Jean Huntley, Gladys Johnson, Helen Kassler, Geraldine Leslie, Joan Lowell, Ruth Milo, Marie Muggley, Florence Murth, Lillian Rosino, Edna Rowe, Jane Sherman, Nina Trask, Mary Williams, Marie Willis, Lillian Reschm, Nellie Noxon, Dolores Mendes, Cecile Cameron, Joan Lowell, Betty Pierce, Marta Belfort, Dorothy Crane, Bessie Eade, James Darby, Frank E. Stockdale, Freddie Lansit, George Lesley, P. Nagle, M. Farrell, S. Murphy

 

 

 

(People in Dance Hall)

(Shooting began with Lita Grey as leading lady. Georgia Hale took over the role in December 1924)

Production started: December 1923

Production completed: 21 May 1925

Première:

26 June 1925, Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood

Length:

8555 ft

Reissue Version

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Narrator:

Charles Chaplin

Music:

Charles Chaplin

Musical Director:

Max Terr

Editor:

Harold McGhean

Released:

19 May 1942

Length:

8498 ft

74 The Circus

Production:

Chaplin–United Artists

Producer:

Charles Chaplin

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Scenario:

Charles Chaplin

Photography:

Roland Totheroh

Cameramen:

Jack Wilson, Mark Marlatt

Assistant Director:

Harry Crocker

Art Director:

Charles D. Hall

Editor:

Charles Chaplin

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Tramp)

 

Merna Kennedy

(Equestrienne)

 

Allan Garcia

(Circus proprietor)

 

Harry Crocker

(Rex, the high wire walker)

 

Henry Bergman

(Old clown)

 

Stanley J. (‘Tiny’) Sandford

(Chief property man)

 

George Davis

(Magician)

 

Betty Morrissey

(Vanishing lady)

 

John Rand

(Assistant property man and Clown)

 

Armand Triller

(Clown)

 

Steve Murphy

(Pickpocket)

 

Bill Knight

(Cop)

 

Jack Pierce

(Man operating ropes)

 

H. L. Kyle

 

 

Eugene Barry

 

 

L. J. O’Connor

 

 

Hugh Saxon

 

 

Jack Bernard

 

 

Max Tyron

 

 

A. Bachman

 

 

William Blystone

 

 

Numi

(Lion)

 

Bobby

(Monkey)

 

Josephine

(Monkey)

 

Jimmy

(Monkey)

 

In Cut Sequences

 

 

Doc Stone

(Twin Prize Fighters)

Production started: 2 November 1925

Production interrupted: 5 December 1926–6 September 1927

Production finished: 19 November 1927

Première:

6 January 1928, Strand Theatre, New York

Length:

6500 ft

Reissue Version

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Music:

Charles Chaplin

Musical Director:

Eric James

Song ‘Swing, Little Girl’ composed and sung by Charles Chaplin

Released:

1970

Length:

6431 ft

75 City Lights

Production:

Chaplin–United Artists

Producer:

Charles Chaplin

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Scenario:

Charles Chaplin

Photography:

Roland Totheroh

Cameramen:

Mark Marlatt, Gordon Pollock

Assistant Directors:

Harry Crocker, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin

Art Director:

Charles D. Hall

Music:

Charles Chaplin

Arranger:

Arthur Johnston

Music Director:

Alfred Newman

Editor:

Charles Chaplin

Musical themes used in addition to original compositions: ‘Star-Spangled Banner’, ‘Hail, Hail, The Gang’s All Here’, ‘Dixie’, ‘I Hear You Calling Me’, ‘Home, Sweet Home’, ‘La Violetera’ (Jose Padilla), ‘Swanee River’, ‘How Dry Am I’, ‘St Louis Blues’ (W. C. Handy)

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(The Tramp)

 

Virginia Cherrill

(The Blind Girl)

 

Florence Lee

(Her grandmother)

 

Harry Myers

(Millionaire)

 

Hank Mann

(Boxer)

 

Eddie Baker

(Referee)

 

Tom Dempsey

(Boxer)

 

Eddie McAuliffe

(Boxer who leaves in a hurry)

 

Willie Keeler

(Boxer)

 

Victor Alexander

(Knocked-out boxer)

 

Tony Stabeman

(Victorious boxer, later knocked out)

 

Emmett Wagner

(Second)

 

Joe Herrick, A. B. Lane, Cy Slocum, Ad Herman, Jack

 

 

Alexander

(Extras in boxing scene)

 

T. S. Alexander

(Doctor)

 

Allan Garcia

(Butler)

 

Henry Bergman

(Mayor and Janitor)

 

Albert Austin

(Street sweeper and Burglar)

 

Joe Van Meter

(Burglar)

 

John Rand

(Tramp)

 

Spike Robinson

(Man who throws away cigar)

 

Stanley J. ‘Tiny’ Sandford

(Man on lift in front of art shop)

 

Mrs Hyams

(Flower shop assistant)

 

James Donnelly

(Foreman)

 

Harry Ayers

(Cop)

 

Stanhope Wheatcroft

(Man in café)

 

Jean Harlow

(Extra in night club scene)

 

Mrs Pope [Harlow’s Mother]

(Extra in night club scene)

 

Florence Wicks

(Woman who sits on cigar)

 

Mark Strong

(Man in night club)

 

Mrs Garcia

(Woman at left of table in night club)

 

Peter Diego

(Man in mix-up with coat and hat)

 

Betty Blair

(Woman at centre of table in night club)

 

Robert Parrish

(Newsboy)

 

Margaret Oliver, Charlie Hammond, Milton Gowman

(Extras in street scene)

 

In cut sequence

 

Harry Crocker

(Window dresser)

 

Charles Lederer

(Express boy)

 

Edith Wilson

(Younger lady looking in window)

 

 

Blanche Payson

(Older lady looking in window)

Production started: 31 December 1927

Production finished: 22 January 1931

Première:

30 January 1931, Los Angeles Theatre

London Première:

27 February 1931, Dominion Theatre

Length:

8093 ft

76 Modern Times

Production:

 

Chaplin–United Artists

Producer:

 

Charles Chaplin

Director:

 

Charles Chaplin

Scenario:

 

Charles Chaplin

Photography:

 

Roland Totheroh, Ira Morgan

Assistant Directors:

 

Carter De Haven, Henry Bergman

Art Directors:

 

Charles D. Hall, Russell Spencer

Music:

 

Charles Chaplin

Arrangers:

 

Edward Powell, David Raksin

Musical Director:

 

Alfred Newman

Musical themes used in addition to original compositions: ‘Halleluiah, I’m a Bum’, ‘Prisoners’ Song’ (C. Massey), ‘How Dry Am I’, ‘In the Evening By the Moonlight’ (Bland), ‘Je cherche après Titine’ (Duncan and Daniderff)

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(A worker)

 

Paulette Goddard

(Gamine)

 

Henry Bergman

(Café owner)

 

Stanley J. (‘Tiny’) Sandford

(Big Bill and Worker)

 

Chester Conklin

(Mechanic)

 

Hank Mann

(Burglar)

 

Louis Natheaux

(Burglar)

 

Stanley Blystone

(Sheriff Couler)

 

Allan Garcia

(Company boss)

 

Sam Stein

(Foreman)

 

Juana Sutton

(Woman with buttoned bosom)

 

Jack Low

(Worker)

 

Walter James

(Worker)

 

Dick Alexander

(Convict)

 

Dr Cecil Reynolds

(Prison chaplain)

 

Myra McKinney

(Chaplain’s wife)

 

Lloyd Ingraham

(Prison governor)

 

Heinie Conklin

(Workman)

 

John Rand

(Convict)

 

Murdoch McQuarrie

 

 

Wilfred Lucas

 

 

Edward le Saint

 

 

Fred Maltesta

 

 

Ted Oliver

 

 

Edward Kimball

 

Production started: September 1933

Production finished: 12 January 1936

Première:

5 February 1936, Rivoli Theatre, New York

London Première:

11 February 1936, Tivoli Theatre

Length:

8126 ft

77 The Great Dictator

Production:

Chaplin–United Artists

Producer:

Charles Chaplin

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Scenario:

Charles Chaplin, in part suggested by Sydney Chaplin’s 1921 film, King, Queen, Joker

Photography:

Karl Struss, Roland Totheroh

Assistant Directors:

Dan James, Robert Meltzer, Wheeler Dryden

Art Director:

J. Russell Spencer

Editor:

Willard Nico

Music:

Charles Chaplin, with paraphrases of Wagner, Brahms

Musical Director:

Meredith Willson

Sound:

Percy Townsend, Glenn Rominger

Sound Coordinator:

Henry Bergman

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Adenoid Hynkel and The Barber)

 

Paulette Goddard

(Hannah)

 

Jack Oakie

(Benzino Napaloni)

 

Henry Daniell

(Garbitsch)

 

Reginald Gardiner

(Schultz)

 

Billy Gilbert

(Herring)

 

Maurice Moskovich

(Mr Jaeckel)

 

Emma Dunn

(Mrs Jaeckel)

 

Bernard Gorcey

(Mr Mann)

 

Paul Weigel

(Mr Agar)

 

Grace Hayle

(Madame Napaloni)

 

Carter De Haven

(Ambassador)

 

Chester Conklin

(Customer in barber’s shop)

 

Hank Mann

(Storm trooper)

 

Eddie Gribbon

(Storm trooper)

 

Richard Alexander

(Storm trooper)

 

Leo White

(Hynkel’s barber)

 

Lucien Prival

(Officer)

 

Stanley J. ‘Tiny’ Sandford

(1918 soldier)

 

Pat Flaherty

 

 

Harry Semels

 

 

Esther Michaelson

 

 

Florence Wright

 

 

Robert O. David

 

 

Eddie Dunn

 

 

Peter Lynn Hayes

 

 

Nita Pike

 

 

Jack Perrin

 

 

Max Davidson

 

 

Nellie V. Nichols

 

Production started: 1 January 1939

First shot:

9 September 1939

Final shot:

2 October 1940

Première:

15 October 1940, Capitol and Astor Theatres, New York

London Première:

16 December 1940, Prince of Wales, Gaumont, Haymarket, Marble Arch, Pavilion Theatres

Length:

11,628 ft

78 Monsieur Verdoux

Production:

Chaplin–United Artists

Producer:

Charles Chaplin

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Scenario:

Charles Chaplin, suggested by an idea of Orson Welles

Photography:

Curt Courant, Roland Totheroh

Cameraman:

Wallace Chewning

Associate Directors:

Robert Florey, Wheeler Dryden

Assistant Director:

Rex Bailey

Art Director:

John Beckman

Editor:

Willard Nico

Music:

Charles Chaplin

Musical Director:

Rudolph Schrager

Sound:

James T. Corrigan

Costumes:

Drew Tetrick

Make-up:

William Knight

Hair stylist:

Hedvig M. Jornd

Narrator:

Charles Chaplin

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Monsieur Henri Verdoux)

 

Martha Raye

(Annabella Bonheur)

 

Isobel Elsom

(Marie Grosnay)

 

Marilyn Nash

(The Girl)

 

Robert Lewis

(Monsieur Bottello)

 

Mady Correll

(Madame Verdoux)

 

Allison Roddan

(Peter Verdoux)

 

Audrey Betz

(Madame Bottello)

 

Ada-May Wells

(Annette)

 

Marjorie Bennett

(Maid)

 

Helene High

(Yvonne)

 

Margaret Hoffmann

(Lydia Floray)

 

Irving Bacon

(Pierre Couvais)

 

Edwin Mills

(Jean Couvais)

 

Virginia Brissac

(Carlotta Couvais)

 

Almira Sessions

(Lena Couvais)

 

Eula Morgan

(Phoebe Couvais)

 

Bernard J. Nedell

(Prefect)

 

Charles Evans

(Detective Morrow)

 

Arthur Hohl

(Estate agent)

 

John Harmon

(Joe Dawin)

 

Vera Marshe

(Mrs Darwin)

 

William Frawley

(Jean La Salle)

 

Fritz Leiber

(Priest)

 

Fred Karno Jr

(Mr Karno)

 

Barry Norton

(Guest)

 

Pierre Watkin

(Attorney)

 

Cyril Delevanti

(Postman)

 

Charles Wagenheim

(Friend)

 

Addison Richards

(M. Millet)

 

James Craven

(Friend)

 

Franklin Farnum

(Victim)

 

Herb Vigran

(Reporter)

 

Boyd Irwin

(Warder)

 

Paul Newland

(Guest)

 

Joseph Crehan

(Broker)

 

Wheaton Chambers

(Druggist)

 

Frank Reicher

(Doctor)

 

Wheeler Dryden

(Salesman)

 

Thérèse Lyon

(Jeannette)

 

Lester Mathews

(Prosecuting attorney)

 

Richard Abbot

(Defence attorney)

 

Garnett Monks

(Foreman of jury)

 

Joseph Granby

(Court clerk)

 

Julius Cramer

(Executioner)

 

Art Miller

(Guard)

 

Albert Petit

(Spectator)

 

Barbara Slater

(Flower girl)

 

Ella Ethridge

(Woman in street)

 

Christine Ell

(Maid)

 

Lois Conklin

(Flower girl)

 

Alicia Adams

(Flower girl)

 

Elisabeth Dudgeon

(Old Hag)

 

John Harmon

(Joe, friend of Annabella)

 

Vera Marshe

(Vicki, friend of Annabella)

 

Daniel de Jonghe

(Waiter)

 

George Dees

(Waiter)

 

Carlo Schipa

(Waiter)

 

Albert D’Arno

(Waiter)

 

Bert le Baron

(Doorman at Café Royal)

 

Jean Bittner

(Diner in Café Royal)

 

Munnel Petroff

(Diner in Café Royal)

 

Tom Wilson

 

 

Phillips Smalley

 

Production started: April 1946

First studio shot: 3 June (exteriors shot at Lake Arrowhead, 21–23 May) 1946

Final shot:

5 September 1946

Production finished:

4 March 1947

Première:

11 April 1947, Broadway Theatre, New York

Length:

11,132 ft

79 Limelight

Production:

Celebrated–United Artists

Producer:

Charles Chaplin

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Scenario:

Charles Chaplin

Photography:

Karl Struss

Photographic Consultant:

Roland Totheroh

Assistant Producers:

Wheeler Dryden, Jerome Epstein

Associate Director:

Robert Aldrich

Art Director:

Eugène Lourié

Editor:

Joseph Engel

Choreography:

Charles Chaplin, André Eglevsky, Melissa Hayden

Corps de ballet:

Carmelita Marucci

Music:

Charles Chaplin

Musical Director:

Ray Rasch

Conductor:

Keith Williams

 

Songs (‘The Animal Trainer’, ‘The Sardine Song’, ‘Spring is Here’): Charles Chaplin, Ray Rasch

Sound:

Hugh McDowell

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Calvero)

 

Claire Bloom

(Terry)

 

Buster Keaton

(Partner)

 

Sydney Chaplin

(Neville)

 

Norman Lloyd

(Bodalink)

 

Marjorie Bennett

(Mrs Alsop)

 

Wheeler Dryden

(Doctor and Clown)

 

Nigel Bruce

(Mr Postant)

 

Barry Bernard

(John Redfern)

 

Leonard Mudie

(Doctor)

 

Snub Pollard

(Musician)

 

Loyal Underwood

(Musician)

 

Julian Ludwig

(Musician)

 

André Eglevsky

(Harlequin)

 

Melissa Hayden

(Columbine)

 

Charles Chaplin Jr

(Pantomime policeman)

 

Geraldine Chaplin

(Child in street)

 

Michael Chaplin

(Child in street)

 

Josephine Chaplin

(Child in street)

 

Jack Deery

(Emissary – Dress Circle)

 

Major Sam Harris

(Old fogey in Dress Circle)

 

Dorothy Ford

(Patrician lady in Dress Circle)

 

Charley Hall

(News vendor)

 

Leonard Mudi

(Doctor)

 

Elizabeth Root, Millicent Patrick, Judy Landon, Sherry Moreland, Valerie Vernon, Eric Wilson, Cyril Delevanti, Frank Hagrey

 

 

 

(Extras in Dress Circle)

 

Oona O’ Neill Chaplin

(Double for Terry, in brief long-shot)

 

Stapleton Kent

(Claudius, the Armless Wonder)

 

Mollie Glessing

(Maid)

Production started:

12 November 1951

Opening shot:

19 November 1951

Final shot:

25 January 1952

Première:

23 October 1952, Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square, London

US Première:

23 October 1952, Astor and Trans Lux Theatres, New York

Length:

12,636 ft

The British Productions 1957–67

80 A King in New York

Production:

Attica-Archway

Producer:

Charles Chaplin

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Scenario:

Charles Chaplin

Photography:

Georges Périnal

Camera Operator:

Jeff Seaholme

Assistant Director:

René Dupont

Associate Producer:

Jerome Epstein Art

Director:

Allan Harris

Editor:

John Seabourne

Assistant:

Tony Bohy

Music:

Charles Chaplin

Arranged by:

Boris Sarbek

Conducted by:

Leighton Lucas

Sound Supervisor:

John Cox

Sound Recording:

Bert Ross, Bob Jones

Sound Editor:

Spencer Reeve

Sound System:

Westrex

Special Effects:

Wally Veevers

Continuity:

Barbara Cole

Make-up:

Stuart Freeborn

Hair Stylist:

Helen Penfold

Wardrobe Supervisor:

J. Wilson-Apperson

Production Controller:

Mickey Delamar

Production Manager:

Eddie Pike Furs:

Deanfield Studio:

Shepperton

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(King Shahdov)

 

Maxine Audley

(Queen Irene)

 

Jerry Desmonde

(Prime Minister Voudel)

 

Oliver Johnston

(Ambassador Jaume)

 

Dawn Addams

(Ann Kay – TV producer)

 

Sidney James

(Johnson – TV advertiser)

 

Joan Ingrams

(Mona Cromwell – Hostess)

 

Michael Chaplin

(Rupert Macabee)

 

John McLaren

(Mr Macabee)

 

Phil Brown

(Headmaster)

 

Harry Green

(Lawyer Green)

 

Robert Arden

(Liftboy)

 

Alan Gifford

(School superintendent)

 

Robert Cawdron

(US Marshal)

 

George Woodbridge

(Member of Atomic Commission)

 

Clifford Buckton

(Member of Atomic Commission)

 

Vincent Lawson

(Member of Atomic Commission)

 

Shani Wallis

(Singer)

 

Joy Nichols

(Singer)

 

Nicholas Tannar

(Butler)

 

George Truzzi

(Comedian)

 

Laurie Lupino Lane

(Comedian)

 

Macdonald Parke

 

Released:

12 September 1957

Length:

9891 ft

81 A Countess From Hong Kong

Production:

 

Universal

Producer:

 

Jerome Epstein

Director:

 

Charles Chaplin

Scenario:

 

Charles Chaplin

Photography:

 

Arthur Ibbetson

Assistant Director:

 

Jack Causey

Production Designer:

 

Don Ashton

Art Director:

 

Robert Cartwright

Set Decorator:

 

Vernon Dixon

Wardrobe mistress:

 

Hilda Geerdts

Editor:

 

Gordon Hales

Music:

 

Charles Chaplin

Musical Director:

 

Lambert Williamson

Musical Associate:

 

Eric James

Sound:

 

Michael Hopkins

Sound Recording:

 

Bill Daniels, Ken Barker

Production Supervisor:

 

Denis Johnson

Titles:

 

Gordon Shadrick

Colour:

 

Technicolor, CinemaScope.

Cast:

Marlon Brando

(Ogden Mears)

 

Sophia Loren

(Countess Natascha Alexandroff)

 

Sydney Chaplin

(Harvey Crothers)

 

Tippi Hedren

(Martha Mears)

 

Patrick Cargill

(Hudson)

 

Margaret Rutherford

(Miss Gaulswallow)

 

Michael Medwin

(John Felix)

 

Oliver Johnston

(Clark)

 

John Paul

(Captain)

 

Angela Scoular

(Society girl)

 

Peter Bartlett

(Steward)

 

Bill Nagy

(Crawford)

 

Dilys Laye

(Saleswoman)

 

Angela Pringle

(Baroness)

 

Jenny Bridge

(Countess)

 

Maureen Russell

(Countess)

 

Jackie Dee

(Girl in dance hall)

 

Ray Marlowe

(American in dance hall)

 

Arthur Gross

(Immigration officer)

 

Balbina

(Maid)

 

Geraldine Chaplin

(Girl in ballroom)

 

Janine Hill

(Girl in ballroom)

 

Christine Rogers

(Girl in ballroom)

 

Pat Hagan

(Girl in ballroom)

 

Gerry Howes

(Man in ballroom)

 

Anthony Chin

(Hawaiian)

 

Burnell Tucker

(Receptionist)

 

Leonard Trolley

(Purser)

 

Lee Lowe

(Electrician)

 

Francis Dux

(Head waiter)

 

Cecil Cheng

(Taxi driver)

 

Ronald Rubin

(Sailor)

 

Michael Spice

(Sailor)

 

Ray Marlowe

(Sailor)

 

Josephine Chaplin

(Young girl)

 

Victoria Chaplin

(Young girl)

 

Harold Korn

(Officer)

 

Holly Grey

(Steward)

 

Kevin Manser

(Photographer)

 

Marianne Stone

(Reporter)

 

Lew Luton

(Reporter)

 

Bill Edwards

(Reporter)

 

Drew Russell

(Reporter)

 

John Sterland

(Reporter)

 

Paul Carson

(Reporter)

 

Paul Tamarin

(Reporter)

 

Carol Cleveland

(Nurse)

 

Charles Chaplin

(An old steward)

Released:

2 January 1967

Length:

11,033 ft

Film Produced by Chaplin

A Woman of The Sea (Working title: Sea Gulls)

Production:

Charles Chaplin Film Corporation

Producer:

Josef von Sternberg

Director:

Josef von Sternberg

Scenario:

Josef von Sternberg

Photography:

Eddie Gheller, Paul Ivano

Cameraman:

Mark Marlatt

Art Director:

Charles D. Hall

Assistants:

George Ruric, Charles Hammond, Riza Royce

Cast:

Edna Purviance

(Joan)

 

Eve Southern

(Magdalen)

 

Charles French

(Their Father)

 

Raymond Bloomer

(Peter, the fisherman)

 

Gayne Whitman

(The novelist from the city) The film was never released; on 24 June 1933 the negative was formally burnt.

Compilation Film

80a The Chaplin Revue

Production:

Roy Film Establishment–United Artists

Producer:

Charles Chaplin

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Scenario:

Charles Chaplin

Music:

Charles Chaplin

Musical Director:

Eric James

Song, ‘Bound For Texas’:

Charles Chaplin

Sung by:

Matt Munro

Narrator:

Charles Chaplin

Compiled from A Dog’s Life, Shoulder Arms, The Pilgrim and How to Make Movies

Released:

24 September 1959

Length:

11,150 ft

Unauthorized Films: Essanay Period

49a The Essanay–Chaplin Revue

5-reel anthology of The Tramp, His New Job and A Night Out.

Released:

23 September 1916

50 Triple Trouble

Producer:

Jess Robbins for Essanay

Directors:

Charles Chaplin and Leo White

Scenario:

Leo White

Cast:

Charles Chaplin

(Janitor)

 

Edna Purviance

(Maid)

 

Leo White

(Count)

 

Billy Armstrong

(Cook and Thief)

 

James T. Kelly

(Singing derelict)

 

Bud Jamison

(Tramp)

 

Wesley Ruggles

(Cook)

 

Albert Austin

(Man)

An amalgam, assembled by White, of scenes from Police and an uncompleted Essanay Chaplin short, Life, with new material directed by White.

Released:

11 August 1918

Length:

2000 ft approximately

50a Chase Me Charlie

7-reel montage of Essanay films, edited by Langford Reed.

Released:

May 1918

Length:

6500 ft approximately

Other Film Appearances

His Regeneration (1915)

An Essanay Broncho Billy film, in which Chaplin plays himself.

The Nut (1921)

Production:

Douglas Fairbanks–United Artists

Director:

Theodore Reed

Starring:

Douglas Fairbanks

Chaplin appears as himself.

Souls For Sale (1923)

Production:

Rupert Hughes–Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director:

Rupert Hughes

Chaplin appears as himself, along with many other Hollywood stars.

Show People (1928)

Production:

Cosmopolitan–MGM

Director:

King Vidor

Starring:

Marion Davies

Chaplin appears as himself.

The Gentleman Tramp (1975)

Production:

Filmverhuurkantoor ‘De Dam’ D.V.-Audjeff

Director:

Richard Patterson

Compilation documentary, with newly filmed scenes of Chaplin at home in Corsier sur Vevey.